Posted by: Duncan
01 Dec 08 - 11:11
Happy St. Andro's day tae awbody! I howp naebody'd neb'll pit out o jynt by ma uisin that spellin o wir parton saunt's name - thon's whit wey ma brither spells his, ye see.
Jings it's fair cauld the day; minus sax whan I got back tae ma hous the nicht... faur ower cauld tae be wearin a kilt!... more
Posted by: Duncan
03 Nov 08 - 03:38
Hey aw - this is jist a wee note tae let ye aw ken that I'm aye alive, an I've no been captured by aliens or oniething syne ma hinmaist blog. I'm that thrang wi Uni thir days I've jist no haed the time tae blether on here - there's that much readin tae dae I dout ma een be meltin gin this gaes o... more
Posted by: Duncan
20 Sep 08 - 01:52
Weil, weil - I'm back again. Sairry for no postin on here for a wee while; it's been ma Freshers' Week at the Uni, ye see, an I hae been feil thrang, I can tell ye - whit wi no sleepin, meetin new fowk, reddin out the fankles o ma Uni computer account... thrang, thrang, thrang.
I jyned up tae... more
Posted by: Duncan
01 Sep 08 - 05:51
This is sumthing I hae been ettlin tae pit up for wee while, but jist no got roun tae. It's jist a wee hanlte o wurds that I hear yung Edinburgh fowk no sae deifferent frae amsel uisin, but I haenna came across in Scots screivin as yet. I hae taen maist o thaim frae ma brithir an his freind - m... more
Posted by: Duncan
28 Aug 08 - 02:18
YA DANCER!
Ther's monie wurds in Scots that we aw luve, that's mair expressive (tae us) nor their Inglis equeivalents - dreich, snell, braw, crabbit; awbodie's got their favourites, an ther's mair nor I hae space or time tae list here.
But for me, jist nou (efter twa in the morn), haein jis... more
Posted by: Duncan
09 Aug 08 - 11:38
Hello aw, howp ye ar aw daein weill an managed tae survive the hinmaist week wiout a blog frae me tae keep ye gaein. I micht be awa up tae the heilands neist week, sae I'll pit a bittie mair intae this ane nor ordinar in case I dinna get tae dae nest week's ane on time.
Nou, I'm shair mair no... more
Posted by: Duncan
27 Jul 08 - 11:24
Hello aw, howp ye's daein weil.
I stairtit readin David Lindsay's "Thrie Estatis" the ithir day, certaint ane tae be recommendit tae aw fowk (that's not fashed by sweiry wurds an laich humour!).
It got me thinkin about weil kent Scots plays - or raither the want o thaim furth o linguis... more
Posted by: Duncan
13 Jul 08 - 11:17
Hello aw, how ye hae been makkin the maist o this...this...simmer? Na, that's no the wurd, canna be... Ah, weil - I howp ye hae been makkin the maist o white'er fowk want tae cry this time o year.
Jist a wee thocht - I wis bletherin awa wi a frein o mine about Scots an tryin tae get him tae ... more
Posted by: Duncan
07 Jul 08 - 01:22
Heya aw, howo ye'r aw daein weil.
I hae faimily comin up frae Kendal the day, sae the hous is aw in an affy fankle an I ainlie hae time for a wee blog the nou.
The heidmaist thing I'm wantin tae say this week is that I'm warkin on settin up a Scots forum ower at http://scotsleidforum.pr... more
Posted by: Duncan
27 Jun 08 - 12:15
Hello aw, howp ye hae been makkin the maist o wit braw simmer...or the twa-thrie braw hours we hae been gettin. Michael wis sayin this wad be the year fer a bonnie simmer - but sae faur it's ainlie been sunny whan I'm warkin inbye, an whan I'm daein pentin outside it buckets doun!
It wis ma 1... more
